New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OPERATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 90I

90I Recovery of other costs

(1) This section applies if--

(a) a person (the
"first person" ) carries out the requirements of a preliminary investigation notice, and

(b) another person (the
"second person" ) is issued an environment protection notice or recall notice in relation to the relevant circumstances the subject of the preliminary investigation notice.

(2) The first person may recover the first person's costs in carrying out the requirements from the second person if the second person contributed to the relevant circumstances.

(3) For this section, the costs of the first person in carrying out the requirements of the preliminary investigation notice include any amount for which the first person is liable, or reasonable cost the first person has a duty to meet, under section 90G.